Free tour

Freaky Tour through the Plaza de Armas and King's Street

5.00

Excellent(9)

Santiago de Chile

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Languages: Spanish

Guru: Silvia Jessica

Registered on 12 October 2025

Hi! I love sharing the popular traditions of my city and country with others, so you too can fall in love with my beloved Chile 🇨🇱🩷. Get to know my people—why do we speak like this? I'm a local tour guide, born and raised here 🇨🇱. As we walk, I'll tell you about the civic center, the historic center, and places in Colonial Santiago. I'll also share popular stories, beliefs, and traditions, both existing and extinct, from Santiago. Let's talk about the "completo italiano," "mote con huesillo," "humitas," "pastel de choclo," chicken, beef, and pork stews, charquikan, "chirimoya," Easter Island, Atacama, Torres del Paine, Valparaíso, Valdivia, Puerto Montt—so many things we can talk about! Because I love to read and share what I know, and through our conversation, I want you to discover a culture different from your own. I invite you 😃

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

We will meet at the main entrance of the Metropolitan Cathedral.

We will discover something very interesting in the excavation that took place between 2004-2006 in the Archbishop's Crypt, whose finding is crucial for the history of Chile.

We will also tour the Plaza de Armas and share mysterious and paranormal stories of the Portal Fernández Concha. Would you dare to stay on the 5th floor of the Portal?

Continuing with the tour along Calle Estado, we will find out the "why" of its name and its function, as well as regarding Paseo Huérfanos.

As we continue the tour, we will learn about the unique arrival of the Augustinians to the area, and we will share a story about the possible first serial killer of those times, which is related to the Christ of May.

Then we will arrive at the San Francisco Church to learn about its historical legacy and witness a celestial miracle.

To conclude our tour, we will visit the beautiful Paris-London neighborhood, which hides disturbing places that are imperceptible in the daylight, but at nightfall, many witness these phenomena linked to the times of Pinochet's dictatorship, such as the "Yucatan Barracks."

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Iglesia San Francisco

We will meet at the main entrance of San Francisco Church, located at 834 Alameda Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins Avenue, Santiago. You can get there by Santiago Metro, Lines 1 and 3. I will be wearing a black explorer hat and holding a Chilean flag.

Outside visit

Barrio París Londres

Un barrio típico de los años 1900, su historia, y algo más en ese mismo sitio; "Cuartel de Yucatán"

Free entry

Cripta de Bernardo O'Higgins

Es donde descansa los restos del padre de nuestra patria

Outside visit

Palacio La Moneda

Poder ejecutivo, función en la época colonial y actual. Golpe de Estado 1973, ( dictadura,democracia y actualidad)

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €15 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).